Tacoma man pleads to gun, drug charges

A Tacoma man previously convicted on drug offenses in King County has pleaded guilty to federal gun and drug possession charges.

Orlando Alexander, 40, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from his March 2008 arrest, a U.S. Attorney’s Office spokeswoman said in a statement.

Federal authorities began investigating Alexander after Tacoma police located several firearms and small quantities of drugs in a search of Alexander’s home. Due to previous felony assault and drug possession convictions in King County, Alexander was prohibited from possessing weapons.

Alexander is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 14 in U.S. District Court at Tacoma. In an agreed recommendation, Alexander faces a 6 ½-year prison sentence.